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What is a ruler of the Roman Empire called?

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Emperor

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After the fall of the Roman Republic, what did Rome become?

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An Empire

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How longer did emperors rule the Roman Empire?

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500 years

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Who was the first emperor?

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Augustus

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Name some of Augustus’ accomplishments.

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  1. Brought order, stability and peace to Rome
  2. Started a fire and police departments
  3. Trade and business grew
  4. New land
  5. Army became most powerful in the world
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What was the long period (200 years) of peace and prosperity called?

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Pax Romana

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Who became emperor when Augustus died?

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Tiberius, Augutus’ stepson

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Who become emperor in 37AD, he was cruel and declared himself a god?

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Caligula

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How did Caligula die?

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In 47AD, his bodyguards murdered him.

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Who was emperor after Caligula?

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Claudius, he was a better ruler

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Who followed Claudius as emperor?

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Nero, he was a s bad as Caligula. He murdered his family.

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After Nero’s death, for the next 84 years who ruled?

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The Five Good Emperors

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Most trade was done by _________, rather than land because it was ________.

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Sea, safer

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Who sold crops to Rome?

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Provincial farmers

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Why did Rome build roads throughout their empire?

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So that soldiers could march quickly from place to place

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Roman engineers also built sturdy bridges supported by what?

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Arches

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As the Roman army moved across the Greek empire, they adopted Greek cultural practices and spread their own. What was this combined culture called?

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Greco-Roman

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The Roman Empire was huge. There were many different people who had different what?

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Languages and religions

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What did many conquered people become?

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Citizens

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The Roman army defended Rome with the help of what?

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The vast roads built throughout the empire

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What did the Roman Empire develop that is a model of many nations today?

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Code of Law

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Before 500BC, Rome law was based on what?

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Customs and traditions

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What is the legal system of the state of Louisiana based on and why?

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On Roman civil law because it was once a French colony

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Romans enjoyed watching battles as sport. What is the most famous arena these battles were fought in?

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The Colosseum in Rome

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The most popular of these sporting battles where what happened?

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Gladiators fought to the death.

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Romans enjoyed large scale public entertainments so what did they develop?

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Amphitheater

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Romans were great builders. Name some examples.

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Aqueducts and amphitheaters

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What language was spoken by many people in the Roman Empire?

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Latin

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What is the bases of many European, or romance, languages including Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese?

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Latin

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The Roman Empire were great in which areas?

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Writers and science

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Who was the first to discover that arteries and veins carry blood?

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Claudius Galen, a physician

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Which famous Roman poet wrote a collection of poems called Odes?

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Horace

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By the time of Caesar Augustus, the Jews of Judea did what?

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Rebelled against the Romans

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In which Roman province was Jesus born in?

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Palestine, in present day Jordan, Israel

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Most of what we know about Jesus comes from early Christian writings known as what?

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The books of the New Testament known as gospels

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According to the Gospels, Jesus was a descendant of whom?

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The great Jewish King, David

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Where did Jesus teach the Hebrew Scriptures?

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Synagogues

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What were the people who followed Jesus called?

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Apostles

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After the resurrection, more than any other event, who did the followers think that Jesus was?

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The Messiah

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Much of what Jesus taught came from where?

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His Jewish upbringing

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Romans and Greeks believed in many gods, but Jesus taught that there is what?

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Only one God

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Jesus also taught people to follow what? If they did this they would go to where?

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The Ten Commandments; heaven

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What are the three central beliefs of Christianity?

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  1. Jesus is the Son of God
  2. Jesus died to atone for everyone’s sins
  3. Jesus rose from the dead
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What is always part of Jesus’ teaching?

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Forgiveness

44
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Most Christians believe that one God exists in three forms, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. What are these three forms in one called?

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Holy Trinity

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The life of Paul and other early Christians are described in what book of the New Testament?

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Acts of the Apostles

46
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The common elements of Judaism and Christianity are called what?

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Judeo-Christian tradition

47
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Christians live all over the world. Where do most Christians live?

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In Europe and the Americas

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There many Christians groups but the one central belief is what?

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Jesus

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When the Pax Romana ended, Roman leaders gained power more from the ____________.

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Military

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Whose death in 180 marked the end of the Pax Romana?

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Marcus Aurelius

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In 235 AD, why did the army decided who would be emperor?

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An emperor would be emperor only as long as the army supported him. “enrich the soldiers, scorn all other men.”

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Rome would pay soldiers who would fight for pay rather than their country. What were they called?

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Mercenaries

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Who was the last emperor to rule both the eastern and western halves of the Roman Empire?

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Augustus Theodosius

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Who ruled from 284 to 305, helped restore order, made the economy stronger, and divided the empire into two halves?

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Diocletian

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In 324, who became emperor? He made the empire whole again and began work on an impressive new capital for the eastern half which would become known as Constantinople.

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Constantine

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